Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Apollo Artist: Jean Jouvenet (French, 1644–1717)
Artist, formerly attributed to: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)

ca. 1680

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Pen and brown ink and gray wash, heightened with white over chalk on gray prepared paper

Dimensions

sheet: 46.8 × 34.8 cm (18 7/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
framed: 66 × 54 × 2.5 cm (26 × 21 1/4 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased from the estate of Robert W. Weir

Accession Number

1890.17

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

17th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Robert W. Weir, West Point
Bibliography

  • Antoine Schnapper and Christine Gouzi, Jean Jouvenet 1644-1717 et la peinture d'histoire à Paris (Paris: Arthena, 2010), 72, D. 4.
  • Suzanne Boorsch and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 3, 25, 169, 175–77, no. 57, ill.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

mythology

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